Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 178 competitors, 109 men and 69 women, took part in 137 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 m *

Zsolt Szeglet Zsolt Szeglet (born 4 May 1977 in Keszthely, Zala) is a Hungarian athlete specializing in the 400 metres. Professional career He finished fifth at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, and participated in the Olympic Games in 2000 a ...

:* Round 1 – 46.19 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 m * Balázs Korányi :* Round 1 – 01:46.21 :* Semifinal – 01:47.35 (→ did not advance) Men's 110 m Hurdles * Balázs Kovács :* Round 1 – 13.83 :* Round 2 – 13.78 (→ did not advance) * Levente Csillag :* Round 1 – 13.66 :* Round 2 – 13.75 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 m Hurdles * Tibor Bedi :* Round 1 – 51.54 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m * Laszlo Babaly, Miklós Gyulai, Viktor Kovács, and Géza Pauer :* Round 1 – 39.52 (did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m * Tibor Bedi, Zétény Dombi, Attila Kilvinger, and

:* Round 1 – 03:06.50 (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put * Szilard Kiss :* Qualifying – 18.95 (→ did not advance) Men's Discus *

Róbert Fazekas Róbert Fazekas (born 18 August 1975 in Szombathely) is a Hungarian discus thrower, who won gold in the 2002 European Championships and silver in the 2003 World Championship. He finished first in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was later disqua ...

:* Qualifying – 61.76 (→ did not advance) * Gábor Máté :* Qualifying – 60.86 (→ did not advance) * Zoltán Kővágó :* Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw * Tibor Gécsek :* Qualifying – 77.33 :* Final – 77.70 (→ 7th place) * Zsolt Németh :* Qualifying – 73.95 (→ did not advance) *

Adrián Annus Adrián Annus (born 28 June 1973 in Szeged) is a Hungarian hammer thrower, who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens for a doping violation in a highly publicized scandal. The disqualification received heig ...

:* Qualifying – 75.41 (→ did not advance) Men's Triple Jump * Zsolt Czingler :* Qualifying – 16.52 (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km Walk * Sándor Urbanik :* Final – 0:01:26 (→ 29th place) * Gyula Dudás :* Final – 1:28:34 (→ 37th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Gyula Dudás :* Final – 4:17:55 (→ 37th place) * Zoltán Czukor :* Final – DSQ Men's Decathlon *

Attila Zsivoczky Attila Zsivoczky (born 29 April 1977, in Budapest) is a Hungarian track and field athlete, competing in decathlon. He has previously specialized in high jump, where he took a fourth place at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Hi ...

:* 100 m – 11.10 :* Long jump – 7.00 :* Shot put – 14.96 :* High jump – 2.06 :* 400 m – 48.61 :* 100 m Hurdles – 15.27 :* Discus throw – 47.43 :* Pole vault – 4.80 :* Javelin throw – 65.87 :* 1,500 m – 04:23.37 ** Points – 8277.00 (→ 8th place) *

Zsolt Kürtösi Zsolt István Kürtösi (born 21 March 1971 in Kiskunfélegyháza) is a Hungarian decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word ...

:* 100 m – 11.00 :* Long jump – 7.19 :* Shot put – 15.13 :* High jump – 2.00 :* 400 m – 48.81 :* 100 m Hurdles – 14.15 :* Discus throw – 46.62 :* Pole vault – 4.80 :* Javelin throw – 57.16 :* 1,500 m – 04:43.39 ** Points – 8149.00 (→ 11th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m * Barbara Petráhn :* Round 1 – 52.86 :* Round 2 – 52.72 (→ did not advance) Women's 10,000 m * Anikó Kálovics :* Round 1 – 33:20.40 (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw * Nikolett Szabó :* Qualifying – 58.86 (→ did not advance) Women's Hammer Throw * Katalin Divós :* Qualifying – 62.74 (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump * Tünde Vaszi :* Qualifying – 6.70 :* Final – 6.59 (→ 8th place) * Zita Ajkler :* Qualifying – 6.36 (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump * Dóra Győrffy :* Qualifying – 1.89 (→ did not advance) Women's Pole Vault * Zsuzsanna Szabó :* Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance) * Katalin Donath :* Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance) Women's 20 km Walk * Mária Urbanik :* Final – 1:34:45 (→ 18th place) *

Anikó Szebenszky Anikó Szebenszky (born August 12, 1965 in Tiszafüred, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok) is a retired female race walker from Hungary. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été) ...

:* Final – 1:36:46 (→ 29th place) Women's Marathon *

Judit Földing-Nagy Judit Földing-Nagy (in Hungary: ''Földingné Nagy Judit'', born 9 December 1965) is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the marathon. She was born in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron. She is the current Hungarian record-holder in marathon. She wa ...

:* Final – 2:30:54 (→ 17th place) Women's Heptathlon * Rita Ináncsi :* 100 m Hurdles – 15.11 :* High jump – 1.69 :* Shot put – DNS :* 200 m – DNS

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

Pál Lakatos Pál Lakatos (born 7 June 1968 in Vásárosnamény) is a retired boxer from Hungary, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) and 2000 (Sydney, Australia). He once won the silver medal at the Europe ...

**Round 1 – Bye **Round 2 – Lost to Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea (→ did not advance) Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) * Károly Balzsay **Round 1 – Bye **Round 2 – Lost to Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand (→ did not advance) Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) *

Zsolt Erdei Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009 (making eleven c ...

**Round 1 – Bye **Round 2 – Defeated

Vladislav Vizilter Vladislav Vizilter (born 17 August 1979) is a Kyrgyzstani former boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydne ...

of Kyrgyzstan **Quarterfinal – Defeated Oleksandr Zubrihin of Ukraine **Semifinal – Lost to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov of Russia → Bronze Medal

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m * Ákos Vereckei :* Qualifying heat – 01:42.089 :* Semifinal – 01:39.574 :* Final – 02:00.145 (→ 4th place) Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m * Roland Kökény :* Qualifying heat – 03:38.066 :* Semifinal – 03:39.455 (→ did not advance) Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m * Zoltan Kammerer and Botond Storcz :* Qualifying heat – 01:31.144 :* Semifinal – Bye :* Final – 01:47.055 (→ Gold Medal) Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m * Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztian Vereb :* Qualifying heat – 03:13.677 :* Semifinal – Bye :* Final – 03:16.357 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m * Gabor Horvath, Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz, and Ákos Vereckei :* Qualifying heat – 02:58.096 :* Semifinal – Bye :* Final – 02:55.188 (→ Gold Medal) Men's Canoe Singles 500 m * Gyorgy Kolonics :* Qualifying heat – 01:51.492 :* Semifinal – Bye :* Final – 02:24.813 (→ Gold Medal) Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m * György Zala :* Qualifying heat – 04:00.754 :* Semifinal – 04:03.226 (→ did not advance) Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m * Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák :* Qualifying heat – 01:42.816 :* Semifinal – Bye :* Final – 01:51.284 (→ Gold Medal) Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m * Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák :* Qualifying heat – 03:38.492 :* Semifinal – Bye :* Final – 03:43.103 (→ 5th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m * Rita Kőbán :* Qualifying heat – 01:50.777 :* Semifinal – Bye :* Final – 02:19.668 (→ 6th place) Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m *

Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács (born 29 February 1976) is a Hungarian sprint canoer. She competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won eight medals, with three golds (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008, K-4 500 m: 2012) and five silvers (K-2 500 m: 2000, 2 ...

, Szilvia Szabó :* Qualifying heat – 01:42.298 :* Semifinal – Bye :* Final – 01:58.580 (→ Silver Medal) Women's Kayak Fours 500 m * Rita Kőbán,

, Szilvia Szabó,

Erzsébet Viski Erzsébet Viski (born 22 February 1980 in Kismaros) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1998 to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two silver medals in the K-4 500 m event (2000, 2004). Viski also ...

:* Qualifying heat – 01:33.312 :* Semifinal – Bye :* Final – 01:34.946 (→ Silver Medal)

Cycling

Track Cycling

Women's Sprint * Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi **Qualifying – 11.545 **1/8 Finals – Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine **1/8 Finals Repechage – Heat 1; 1st place **Quarterfinal – Lost to Oxana Grichina of Russia **Finals 5-8 – (→ 5th place) Women's 500 m Time Trial * Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi **Final – 35.778 (→ 12th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard * Imre Lengyel :* Preliminary – 382.98 :* Semi-final – 222.60 – 605.58 :* Final – 390.87 – 613.47 (→ 11th place) Men's 10 Metre Platform * Andras Hajinal :* Preliminary – 316.14 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Women's 3 Metre Springboard * Orsolya Pintér :* Preliminary – 239.64 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Fencing

Thirteen fencers, seven men and six women, represented Hungary in 2000. ; Men's foil * Márk Marsi ; Men's épée * Attila Fekete * Iván Kovács ; Men's team épée * Attila Fekete, Márk Marsi, Iván Kovács ; Men's sabre *

Domonkos Ferjancsik Domonkos Ferjancsik (born 7 September 1975) is a Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He won a silver and bronze medal at the 2003 World Fencing Championships The 2003 Wor ...

* Csaba Köves *

Zsolt Nemcsik Zsolt Nemcsik (born 15 August 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sabre fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games. Nemcsik's two greatest accomplishments is winning the silver medal in the 2004 Olympic Games after losing to Aldo Montano in t ...

; Men's team sabre *

, Csaba Köves,

, Péter Takács ; Women's foil * Aida Mohamed * Edina Knapek * Gabriella Lantos ; Women's team foil * Edina Knapek, Gabriella Lantos, Aida Mohamed ; Women's épée *

Tímea Nagy Tímea Nagy (born 22 August 1970) is a Hungarian right-handed épée fencer, three-time Olympian, 2006 individual world champion, and two-time Olympic champion. Awards * Hungarian Fencer of the Year (3): 2000, 2004, 2006 * National Defenc ...

* Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza *

Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth (24 March 1968 – 30 December 2017) was a Hungarian fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual épée event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Ol ...

; Women's team épée *

, Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza,

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Competition * Gábor Balogh – 5353pts (→ Silver Medal) * Péter Sárfalvi – 4971pts (→ 17th place) Women's Competition * Zsuzsanna Vörös – 4866 pts (→ 15th place) * Nóra Simóka – 3042pts (→ 23rd place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Five men and one woman competed for Hungary in the Sailing venue at the 2000 Olympics. The best finish was 15th. Men's Mistral * Aron Gadorfalvi :* Race 1 – (24) :* Race 2 – 19 :* Race 3 – 19 :* Race 4 – 23 :* Race 5 – 21 :* Race 6 – 23 :* Race 7 – 21 :* Race 8 – 17 :* Race 9 – 14 :* Race 10 – (37) OCS :* Race 11 – 20 :* Final – 177 (24thplace) Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn) * Balázs Hajdú :* Race 1 – (26) DSQ :* Race 2 – 6 :* Race 3 – 16 :* Race 4 – 16 :* Race 5 – 3 :* Race 6 – 5 :* Race 7 – (26) DNF :* Race 8 – 8 :* Race 9 – 22 :* Race 10 – 10 :* Race 11 – 16 :* Final – 102 (15th place) Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470) * Marcell S. Goszleth and Adam C. Szorenyi :* Race 1 – (30) OCS :* Race 2 – 20 :* Race 3 – 19 :* Race 4 – 18 :* Race 5 – 25 :* Race 6 – 24 :* Race 7 – 26 :* Race 8 – 17 :* Race 9 – (29) :* Race 10 – 28 :* Race 11 – 27 :* Final – 204 (29th place) Men's Laser * Tamas Eszes :* Race 1 – 5 :* Race 2 – (26) :* Race 3 – 9 :* Race 4 – 13 :* Race 5 – (44) DSQ :* Race 6 – 14 :* Race 7 – 16 :* Race 8 – 26 :* Race 9 – 5 :* Race 10 – 26 :* Race 11 – 13 :* Final – 127 (18thplace) Women's Mistral * Luca Gadorfalvi :* Race 1 – 23 :* Race 2 – (26) :* Race 3 – 24 :* Race 4 – 24 :* Race 5 – (28) :* Race 6 – 21 :* Race 7 – 25 :* Race 8 – 21 :* Race 9 – 15 :* Race 10 – 23 :* Race 11 – 25 :* Final – 201 (25th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle * Attila Zubor :* Preliminary heat – 23.03 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Freestyle * Attila Zubor :* Preliminary heat – 49.79 :* Semi-final – 49.58 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Béla Szabados :* Preliminary heat – 1:50.10 :* Semi-final – 1:49.36 (→ did not advance) * Attila Zubor :* Preliminary heat – 1:50.11 :* Semi-final – 1:49.87 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Zoltán Szilágyi :* Preliminary heat – 03:58.94 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Butterfly * Zsolt Gáspár :* Preliminary heat – 53.29 :* Semi-final – 53.45 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Butterfly * Viktor Bodrogi :* Preliminary heat – 02:00.75 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Károly Güttler :* Preliminary heat – 01:01.66 :* Semi-final – 01:01.83 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Breaststroke * Norbert Rózsa :* Preliminary heat – 02:15.27 :* Semi-final – 02:14.67 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Backstroke * Péter Horváth :* Preliminary heat – 55.81 :* Semi-final – 55.65 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Backstroke * Viktor Bodrogi :* Preliminary heat – DSQ (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *

Attila Czene Attila Czene (born 20 June 1974) is a former medley swimmer from Hungary, who won the gold medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native co ...

:* Preliminary heat – 02:02.66 :* Semi-final – 02:01.56 :* Final – 02:01.16 (→ 4th place) * István Batházi :* Preliminary heat – 02:03.63 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 m Individual Medley * István Batházi :* Preliminary heat – 04:18.85 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle *

, Zsolt Gáspár, Jacint Simon, and Béla Szabados :* Preliminary heat – 07:24.48 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley * Péter Horváth, Károly Güttler, Zsolt Gáspár, and Attila Zubor :* Preliminary heat – 03:38.58 :* Final – 03:39.09 (→ 5th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle * Gyongyver Lakos :* Preliminary heat – 57.71 (→ did not advance) Women's 400 m Freestyle * Éva Risztov :* Preliminary heat – 04:18.48 (→ did not advance) Women's 800 m Freestyle * Éva Risztov :* Preliminary heat – 08:43.07 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Butterfly * Orsolya Ferenczy :* Preliminary heat – 01:01.15 (→ did not advance) Women's 200 m Butterfly * Éva Risztov :* Preliminary heat – 02:11.32 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Breaststroke *

Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács (born 13 July 1981) is a Hungarian swimmer who competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. In 2000, she won the 200 m breaststroke and set the Hungary records in the 100 m and 200 m breaststrokes events (1:07.79 and 2:24.03 ...

:* Preliminary heat – 01:08.50 :* Semi-final – 01:07.79 :* Final – 01:08.09 (→ 5th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke *

:* Preliminary heat – 02:24.92 :* Semi-final – 02:24.03 – ''Olympic Record'' :* Final – 02:24.35 (→ Gold Medal) Women's 100 m Backstroke * Annamaria Kiss :* Preliminary heat – 01:06.12 (→ did not advance) Women's 200 m Backstroke * Annamaria Kiss :* Preliminary heat – 02:20.40 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley * Orsolya Ferenczy, Annamaria Kiss,

, and Gyongyver Lakos :* Preliminary heat – 04:11.11 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet * Zsuzsanna Hamori, Petra Marschalko :* Technical routine – 28.957 Did not compete in free routine

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Attila Sávolt Attila Sávolt (born 5 February 1976) is a tennis player from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan ( th, ภราดร ศรีชาพันธ� ...

:* First round – Lost to Paradorn Srichaphan (THA), 2-6 6-4 5–7 Alternates Daniel Somogyi Gergely Kisgyorgy Women's Singles Competition *

Rita Kuti-Kis Rita Kuti-Kis (born 13 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. In 1992, she was beaten by future international No. 1, Martina Hingis, in the Petits As competition, a juniors tournament at Tarbes, France which has b ...

:* First round – Lost to

Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971, in Hoopstad) is a South African former professional tennis player. Coetzer finished in the WTA rankings top 20 for ten consecutive seasons (1992–2001), peaking at world No. 3. She reached three Grand Slam ...

(RSA), 1-6 1–6 * Petra Mandula :* First round – Lost to Conchita Martínez (ESP), 1-6 0–6 * Katalin Marosi :* First round – Lost to

Monica Seles Monica Seles (; hu, Széles Mónika, ; sr, Моника Селеш, Monika Seleš; born December 2, 1973) is a retired professional tennis player who represented Yugoslavia and the United States. A former world No. 1, she won nine Grand Sla ...

(USA), 0-6 1–6

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition * Csaba Kuttor – 1:51:05.74 (→ 30th place) Women's Individual Competition * Nora Edocseny – 2:05:20.03 (→ 19th place) * Erika Molnar – 2:05:39.50 (→ 23rd place) * Aniko Gog – 2:14:50.55 (→ 39th place)

Water polo

Men's team competition

* Preliminary round :* 3-2-0 * Quarterfinals :* Defeated Italy (8-5) * Semifinals :* Defeated Yugoslavia (8-7) * Final :* Defeated Russia (13-6) * Team roster :*

Tibor Benedek Tibor Benedek (12 July 1972 – 18 June 2020) was a Hungarian water polo player and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 ...

Péter Biros Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of six male athletes who won three ...

Rajmund Fodor Rajmund Fodor (born 21 February 1976 in Szeged) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Rajmi'', and made his debut for the national team in 1 ...

:* Tamás Kásás :*

Gergely Kiss Dr. Gergely "Gergő" Kiss (born 21 September 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo player. He was considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players of his time. Kiss is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...

:* Zoltán Kósz :* Tamás Märcz :* Tamás Molnár :* Barnabás Steinmetz :* Zoltán Szécsi :* Bulcsú Székely :* Attila Vári :* Zsolt Varga *Head coach: Dénes Kemény

Weightlifting

Men
Women

Wrestling

Notes

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

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